Consignee

//ˌkɒn.saɪˈniː// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The person to whom a shipment is to be delivered.
  2. 2
    the person to whom merchandise is delivered over wordnet
  3. 3
    One to whom anything is consigned or entrusted.

    "The letter had been given to the two Englishmen by a good friend of theirs in London, who had been in America two years previously, and had singled out Mr. J. L. Westgate from the many friends he had left there as the consignee, as it were, of his compatriots."

Synonyms

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accepteracquireraddresseeagentamanuensisaudience

Example

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"The letter had been given to the two Englishmen by a good friend of theirs in London, who had been in America two years previously, and had singled out Mr. J. L. Westgate from the many friends he had left there as the consignee, as it were, of his compatriots."

Etymology

From consign + -ee.

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